Washing device for automobiles and the like



Nov. 17, 1936. c. L. WRIGHT 2,061,219

WASHING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES AND THE LIKE Filed May 27, 1956 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 17, 1936 PATENT OFFICE WASHING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES AND THE LIKE Charles Lester Wright, Monroe, N. Y.

Application May 27,

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in washing mitts or gloves for cleaning purposes, and the primary object thereof is to provide a practical and eflicient combination sponge and glove adapted to be worn on the hand and arranged for the passage of water therethrough to the sponge without contact with the hand of the wearer.

Another object is to provide a device of the character and for the purpose set forth embodying a water container or reservoir adapted to be compressed under manipulation of the hand of the wearer to accelerate the flow of water therefrom into and through diiferent areas of a sponge section. I

Another object is to provide a device of the character and for the purpose set forth adapted to be worn on the hand and manipulated over the surface to be cleaned and which is equipped with means for deflecting the water away from the wrist of the wearer.

Other and subordinate objects, together with the exact nature of my improvements, will be readily understood'as the following description is developed and upon reference to the drawing accompanying and forming part of the specification.

In the said drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in bottom proved mitt or glove.

Figure 2 is a view in top plan, and

Figure 3 is a view in longitudinal section, taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows and drawn to an plan of my im- 'enlarged scale.

Reference being had to the drawing by numerals, the mitt or glove of my invention, in its preferred embodiment, comprises a flat sponge section I, a water container section 2 and a handreceiving section 3, arranged in superposed relation, in the order named, and each of glove-like form. The sections I, 2 and 3 are each preferably formed of rubber and the container and the handreceiving sections as a single piece structure. However, the sponge section I may be formed integrally with the sections 2 and 3 if desired. The sponge section I may be secured to the water container section by any suitable means, as for instance cement, to the bottom wall 4 of said section 2. The bottom wall 4 of the section 2 is formed with a plurality of apertures 5 therein opening onto the sponge section I and for the passage of water from the section 2 into the sponge section I. The water container section 2 is provided at the wrist end of the glove with a rearwardly directed sleeve-like extension Ii having an outwardly flaring mouth I and an internally threaded bushing 8 therein for the attachment of the glove to a source of water supply, under pressure, as by the usual hose coupling 9. The extension Ii is provided on its under side with a web- 1936, Serial No. 82,132

like deflector section I 0 tapering rearwardly from the sides of thesponge section I and of gutterlike form transversely. The rear end of the deflector section II) curves away from the extension 6 and preferably projects beyond the same as shown at I I.

In the use of myimproved mitt or glove, the walls of the container section 2 may, by manipulation of the hand in the section 3, be compressed and flexed throughout different parts thereof to accelerate the flow of the water through the apertures 4 and the sponge section I. Forinstance pressure may be applied downwardly by the palm of the hand and by thefingers and thumbthereof, in different degree, with corresponding variation in the flow of the water through the sponge section I. On the other hand pressure can be exerted against the container section 2 by manipulation of the fingers selectively, downwardly or laterally, or by pressure exerted by the palm 2o alone. This feature of my invention is of particular importance since it provides for varying the flow of water throughout selected areas of the sponge section substantially at will. By virtue of such variation, as will be clear, a cleaning of 25 crevices, gutter parts and the louvers of automobile hoods may be more readily accomplished than with the ordinary sponge or other cleaning instrumentality and without exposing the hand to the water or other cleaning medium flowing 30 through the glove. The deflector section I0 provides an eflicient means for preventing water from spurting upwardly against the arm of the manipulator of the glove,-as will be clear.

The foregoing description will, it is believed, suifice to impart a clear understanding of my in-' vention together with the advantages thereof.

It is to be understood, however, that the details described in the foregoing are illustrative rather than restrictive and that right is herein reserved to modifications of such details falling within the scope of the claim appended hereto.

What I claim is: I

In a glove for washing and cleaning purposes to be attached to a source of water supply, a water containing section, asponge section, and a handreceiving section arranged in superposed relation and each of glove-like form and of resilient material, the container section having a perforate outer wall, a sleeve-like extension on the wrist end thereof internally threaded for attachment to said water supply, a deflector carried by said container section extending rearwardly of said sponge section and provided with rearwardly convergent marginal edges, and flanges carried by the marginal edges of said deflector, the rear end of said deflector and the rear ends of said flanges extending laterally of said extension.

CHARLES LESTER WRIGHT. 60 

